These lemon pudding cookies are so soft and chewy they practically melt in your mouth! The pudding makes them soft and chewy and the combination of lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon pudding mix gives them the perfect lemon flavor!! And the sprinkles are just for fun 🙂 We are doing something new and exciting…

Earlier this week I got a late-night craving for Lemon Strawberry Shortcake, and since The Husband was still out of town, I threw caution and better judgment to the wind, and whipped up a perfectly portioned strawberry shortcake. Perfectly portioned for two…or for one, two days in a row! 😉

Lemon Bars are my culinary way of letting Mother Nature know that I am over this winter. So over it. I needed something bright and zingy to cheer me up and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about lemons this entire week. Something about their bright color (contrasting with the shades of grey outside) and…

I originally created this Lemon Whipped Cream as a compliment to Mary Randolph’s Sweet Potato Pie, but it was so utterly delicious and versatile that I had to share the recipe separately. This whipped cream is a touch sweeter than my standard whipped cream to balance the lemon zest.

It’s been several months since we’ve had a Cooking Light recipe of the month post! This is completely out of character; I am usually a total Cooking Light junkie (umm and here). But now seems to be the perfect time to reintroduce the tradition since the Wedding Fairy has mandated that we morph briefly into American Heritage…

You know that feeling when you are late for an early morning flight and you are rushing around trying to make sure you remember to pack everything, and just as you turn the doorknob to leave, your stomach grumbles so loudly that you are afraid it woke the neighbors? No? Maybe you are a better…

I feel a tad guilty because I have been enjoying Pimms Cups for months now and I haven’t shared with you. For shame! Our obsession started when my fiancé and I went down to New Orleans for a friend’s wedding. The grooms organized this Amazing Race through the city (genius and fun!) and one of…

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